The big picture: Full general Motors told the Detroit Free Press that starting next Monday, September 6, information technology'll temporarily halt nearly all of its production plants in the US as the lingering Covid-nineteen pandemic continues to hamper production of semiconductor chips overseas. GM spokesman Dan Flores said he wasn't certain if the supply constraint is considering employees take a high rate of infection of if the regime is putting restrictions on plants due to the pandemic.

A spokesperson for GM said the visitor will run its Arlington Assembly in Texas at regular product next week, forth with its Flint Assembly plant where information technology makes heavy-duty pickup trucks, the Bowling Light-green Associates in Kentucky where the Corvette is congenital, and a portion of its Lansing Grand River Assembly where Camaro and Cadillac Blackwing cars are created.

Unfortunately, all other assembly plants will go idle come adjacent Monday.

"During the downtime, we will repair and transport unfinished vehicles from many impacted plants, including Fort Wayne and Silao, to dealers to aid run into the potent customer demand for our products," Flores added.

The length of downtime varies greatly past plant. Here's what GM had to say virtually the affected facilities:

  • Fort Wayne and Silao Assembly plants to take a week of downtime starting Mon. GM expects to restart regular production Sept. 13.
  • Wentzville Assembly in Missouri, where GM builds its Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Coulee midsize pickups and Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana total-size vans, will take downtime for two weeks starting Monday.
  • CAMI Assembly (Canada) and San Luis Potosi Assembly (Mexico) will take two additional weeks of reanimation through the week of Sept. 27. Production of the Chevrolet Equinox midsize SUV, which GM makes at both facilities, has been down since Aug. xvi. San Luis Potosi too builds the GMC Terrain midsize SUV.
  • Lansing Delta Township Associates adds 2 weeks of downtime starting Monday. GM expects to resume production at that place the week of Sept. xx. GM makes the Chevrolet Traverse and the Buick Enclave midsize SUVs at Lansing Delta Township.
  • Spring Loma Assembly in Tennessee, where GM builds the GMC Acadia, Cadillac XT5 and Cadillac XT6 midsize SUVs, adds two weeks of downtime starting Mon. GM expects to restart production the week of Sept. 20.
  • Ramos Assembly in Mexico will take ii additional weeks of downtime for Chevrolet Blazer midsize SUV product through the week of Sept. 13. In improver, Equinox product will be downwardly until October. four. Production of the Chevrolet Equinox has been down since Aug. 16.